1981 Mar 10 - 1981 Jul 20
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/540
Nationalised industries (Coal mines) (Part 3)
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
|---|---|
| Release date: | 2011 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 199 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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Selections from this file
Showing items 21 - 37 of 37
| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 81 May 29 Fr | Major | Coal: Department of Energy letter to No.10 (movement of coal stocks to power stations) [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jun 1 Mo | Major | Coal: Howell minute to MT ("NCB Finances") [proposed PR campaign to emphasise cost of NCB to taxpayer] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jun 5 Fr | Major | Coal: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("The NCB and the NUM") [response to Hoskyns' paper on the 'NCB/NUM Problem'] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jun 5 Fr | Major | Coal: Lankester minute to MT ("NCB") [study group on reducing the likelihood of a miners' strike] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jun 10 We | Major | Coal: Hoskyns minute to MT ("Coal Stocks") [Hoskyns urges Government to continue to move coal stocks to power stations: "to falter now will actually increase the chances of strike action"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jun 10 We | Major | Coal: Howell minute to MT ("Movement of Coal Stocks to Power Stations") [MT: "1 1/2 million tons just isn't enough - I assumed that such an amount had already been moved since March. Why not?"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jun 12 Fr | Major | Coal: Howell minute to MT ("NCB Finances") [Howell informs NCB of decisions on NCB financing] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jun 12 Fr | Major | Coal: Ibbs minute to Lankester ("Movement of Coal to Power Stations") ["The extra stocks...would not enable the Government to live out a lengthy and bitter strike"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jun 15 Mo | Major | Coal: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Movement of Coal to Power Stations") [argues for further build-up of stocks] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jun 16 Tu | Major | Coal: Pattison minute to MT ("Coal Statement") [Howell's statement to the House of Commons on NCB finances] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jun 16 Tu | Major | Coal: Younger minute to MT ("Movement Of Coal to Power Stations") [feedback from the South of Scotland Electricity Board] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jun 18 Th | Major | Coal: Howell minute to MT ("Coal") [longer term plan for dealing with the coal industry] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jun 19 Fr | Major | Coal: No.10 letter of conversation (MT-Howell-Chancellor of the Exchequer-Maitland-Ibbs-Wade-Gery-Hoskyns) ["Movement of Coal to Power Stations"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jun 24 We | Major | Coal: Department of Energy letter to No.10 ("The Coal Industry") [PR campaign about costs of coal industry to taxpayer] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jun 26 Fr | Major | Coal: Vereker minute to Lankester ("Coal") [Ingham and the CPRS on PR campaign about costs of coal industry to taxpayer] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 3 Fr | Major | Coal: Howell minute to MT ("Movement of Coal to Power Stations") [additional coal moving to power stations] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 14 Tu | Major | Coal: Howell minute to Prior ("NUM Conference 1981") [John Moore reports on mining union conference] [declassified 2011] |